Some call them "mang-ka-li" in chinese dialect.
It is just some weird pronunciations.
Sociology bengali and punjabi
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QUOTE(dkk @ Oct 13 2010, 03:15 PM) Sorry I wasn't clearer. I thought everybody knew ... Well, in short, most people in Malaysia get confused. Bengalis would be people living Bengal. "a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent" as wikipedia puts it. Now Bangladesh + West Bengal. Punjab (where Sikhs live), is on the other side of India, about 2000km away.  I for one can't tell which is Punjabi or Bengali. It never crossed my mind. We are just so used to the name "Bangkali" or "Mangkali". This is an interesting topic.  P/S It is just like we call Indonesian "Indon" without really knowing they are Javanese, Bugis etc. This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Oct 13 2010, 03:33 PM |
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